A new study has identified chroming as a dangerous trend on TikTok. A doctor explains what it is, the risks, and how to keep kids safe.
nhaling gasses and vapors in an attempt to get high has been a thing for decades. But there’s an inhalation trend called chroming that’s making the rounds on social media—and it’s been dubbed the new huffing.“We’ve seen hundreds of these cases over the last 15 years. It’s a really serious problem,” says, a pediatric pulmonologist and medical director of the Children’s Pulmonary Institute at MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach in Long Beach, California.
People on TikTok have reportedly been posting videos about chroming under the hashtag #WhipTok , although the social media network is now trying to block these posts.Chroming can affect a range of areas of the body. “It can cause your lungs to develop pneumothorax, which is air that can develop between your rib cage and lungs—it can pop your lung,” Dr. Randhawa says. “That’s life-threatening.”
It may even lead to brain damage and long-term brain injury, as well as issues with the heart and kidneys. “This has serious, long-term side effects,” he says.The best way to protect kids from chroming is to talk to them about it, as well as the dangers that can come with it, Dr. Randhawa says. Talk about which products contain these gasses and “let them know, very clearly, that this is not safe,” he says. “Many people think it’s as safe as inhaling helium from a balloon—it’s not.
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